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• Literary Nelson – books and newspapers

  One of the first bookshops in the country was opened in Nelson - by Charles Elliott, in August 1842. Since then bookshops have been an important feature of...

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• Endeavour Inlet and the Antimony Mine

  Endeavour Inlet was so named by Captain James Cook[ship-cove-and-captain-cook/] after his ship Endeavour, which anchored in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1770.  At the time this, and other bays near...

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• Nelson Haven and Trafalgar cycleway

  In pre-European times the Haven and the Maitai River[maitai-valley/] formed a mahinga kai or food gathering destination for Maori. Seasonal camps were occupied to gather nature’s bounty. Charles...

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• Sarah and John Danforth Greenwood

  Sarah Greenwood (1809-1889) John Danforth Greenwood had been a successful physician in Mitcham, Surrey, England, but was forced to retire due to ill health in about 1838. The family...

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